Posted on 09/12/2016 8:59:52 AM PDT by simpson96
Vocational’s star running back Everett Henderson was shot on his front porch on Saturday, only three hours after playing a football game against Rich East in Park Forest.
Henderson, 17, was on the front porch of his home in the 10900 block of South Eberhart when a gray car drove by and someone inside it opened fire, hitting him in the back and right hand, according to Chicago Police.
Henderson was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, police said. He was shot a total of six times according to Vocational football coach Larry Williams.
“He was shot in his butt, chest, twice in the hand and in his stomach,” said Williams. “His mom said surgery was successful. However he lost half of his intestine and he will have to be in a wheelchair for awhile. They are worried about how much movement he’ll have in his left leg. It’s good that they got to him in time. The wounds aren’t life threatening, but career ending from what I was told.”
Henderson was in the midst of a breakout season for the Cavaliers. He was running for more than 100 yards a game and had scored more than seven touchdowns in three games. Western Michigan, Northern Illinois and Western Illinois were all showing interest. Henderson also played defensive back.
“He was having an awesome season,” said Williams. “This was going to be a breakout year for us and the program. He was about 90% of the offense. The kid was just a game-changer.”
Henderson played basketball and ran track at Julian last year. He transferred to Vocational for his senior year due to safety issues.
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Know the area well. Tragic, and this is what gets ignored by those who make a living talking about race.
Waiting for Obama and Emmanuel to advise people to stop sitting on porches.
Its a very hazardous activity in South Chicago.
Somebody is a poor loser.
Unless he was shot by a white cop, #ItDoesntFnMatter
We need a 10 day waiting period to safety sit on a porch...
...it’s for the children.
“Know the area well.”
Is this area as bad as this incident makes it look?
CVS - Dick Butkus’s high school alma mater.
The neighborhood’s a bit different these days . . .
Why don’t these black lives matter...
I went to Morgan Park HS. Vocational was a perennial Chicago City Champion then usually beat by the Catholic school at State. Dick Butkus went to vocational.
Henderson was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Just out of curiosity, why do we see hospitals like this, but no Mohammad or Allah Medical Centers? It’s always St. Someone, etc.
Yep. One of those Catholic high schools was Mendel (now Gwendolyn Brook Prep), which is just a few blocks from where this shooting occurred.
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